#publicdefender — Public Fediverse posts
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AI Systems Out-Persuade Expert Humans, Including Professional Canvassers And World Championship Debaters
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SF #PublicDefender Mano Raju accepts sanctions for refusing cases when the office does not have the staffing to provide competent representation. https://48hills.org/2026/03/judge-sanctions-public-defender-in-case-that-raises-critical-issues-about-criminal-justice/?ref=newsletters.48hills.org
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SF #PublicDefender Mano Raju accepts sanctions for refusing cases when the office does not have the staffing to provide competent representation. https://48hills.org/2026/03/judge-sanctions-public-defender-in-case-that-raises-critical-issues-about-criminal-justice/?ref=newsletters.48hills.org
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@sbourne Not an impossible ask - there's some starting points here, shows that feature PDs positively: https://www.reddit.com/r/publicdefenders/comments/1c5y4gh/tvmovies_that_portray_pds_in_a_good_light/ #PublicDefenders #PublicDefender #LegalAid
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As a result, #NickReiner, 32, did not enter a plea Wednesday. He had been represented by Alan Jackson, a well-known lawyer whose clients have included Harvey Weinstein & Kevin Spacey [so, not great guys]. Judge Theresa McGonigle rescheduled Reiner’s arraignment for Feb 23 & assigned his case to Kimberly Greene, a #PublicDefender.
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"While defendants asked them to contest the prosecution’s evidence, to interview witnesses, to do anything, really, to challenge law enforcement’s narrative of the crime, they ushered almost all of them to plea deals instead, averaging just one jury trial for every 1,500 cases". #publicdefender https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/12/the-walmart-of-public-defense/
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4,000 in Massachusetts still without public defenders. We must uphold our duty under the Constitution to provide them with lawyers. #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/o...
Some 4,000 poor defendants nee... -
The question is whether the legislative remedy is sufficient to meet the Constitutional need, I told @stephmsolis.bsky.social of @axios.com. Read more on the details of the hard fought bar advocate pay raise. #mapoli #publicdefender www.axios.com/local/boston...
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Constitutional rights must be upheld every day. #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonherald.com/2025/07/29/b...
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As bar advocate work stoppage approaches two months, “If the state’s rate were actually competitive, you might expect to see other attorneys hungry for work rushing to fill the void. Notably, they’re not.” @bostonglobe.com editorial. #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/o...
This pay dispute is turning in... -
“Lawyer work stoppage crisis hits the juvenile justice system.” @cwbeacon.bsky.social #mapoli #publicdefender commonwealthbeacon.org/courts/lawye...
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Over 3,000 innocent people do not have a court-appointed attorney. Jennifer O’Brien and I joined @wgbh.org’s Jim Braude and Margery Eagan to talk about the latest on the bar advocate work stoppage, how hard it is, and why we are hopeful. #mapoli #publicdefender youtu.be/6n5eu7UDLoM?...
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The impact of the public defender bar advocate work stoppage. Terrific report from @nbcboston.com. #mapoli #publicdefender nbcboston.app.link/8E2iepN3TUb
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Release of defendants in custody without court-appointed lawyers begins in Suffolk County, Middlesex County to begin Wednesday. #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/07/m...
In Boston court, release of de... -
Hawai'i, facing shortage of attorneys to take court-appointed work, raises hourly pay from $60-90 to $150. #mapoli #publicdefender bigislandnow.com/2025/07/05/h...
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Unrepresented defendants in custody to be released, cases older than 45 days to be dismissed if no attorney appointed, Supreme Judicial Court finds "ongoing systemic violation of indigent criminal defendants constitutional rights." #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/03/m...
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SJC decision expected today on whether to release defendants held over seven days and dismissal of cases pending over 45 days where there is no attorney. #mapoli #publicdefender wcvb.com/article/cons...
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“Access to basic justice is under siege right now. Protecting it where we can couldn’t be more crucial.” @adrianwalkerboston.bsky.social on the public defender bar advocate fight for justice and fair pay. #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...
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New York City public defenders vote to authorize a strike, citing low pay and poor working conditions. #law #publicdefender gothamist.com/news/lawyers...
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MA legislature cuts proposed pay hike for public defender bar advocates amid work stoppage. “We’ve done everything we can to recruit attorneys . . . who will take this work at the current pay rates. That’s just not happening.” #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/30/m...
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1,400 indigent defendants in Massachusetts without lawyers, numbers growing daily as public defender bar advocates refuse new cases over low pay. #mapoli #publicdefender www.masslive.com/news/2025/06...
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The crisis in our courts grows as public defender bar advocates go into second month of work stoppage over lowest pay rates in northeast and most of the country. #mapoli #publicdefender www.masslive.com/news/2025/06...
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Public defenders ask Supreme Judicial Court to order release of unrepresented defendants in custody and immediate raise to bar advocates to end growing crisis in our courts. #mapoli #publicdefender www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/18/m...
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A second @bostonglobe.com editorial so quickly after the first says it all. Give the public defender bar advocates a decent raise NOW so we can bring in new attorneys and go back to the work we love. #mapoli #justice #publicdefender www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/12/o...
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When I first became a public defender bar advocate, it was tough to get on the list. Now, all across MA county programs don’t have enough. More in this @boston.com story on the latest on the work stoppage. #mapoli #publicdefender www.boston.com/news/politic...
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Man accused of taking officer’s gun and firing it held, ordered to be returned to court every day until he has a lawyer as public defender bar advocates work stoppage goes into third day. #publicdefender #mapoli www.nbcboston.com/news/local/a...
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What's happening in our courts now that public defender bar advocates aren't taking new cases, what's happening to defendants, what it's like to be a public defender and more when I talked with Jim and Margery on @gbhnews.bsky.social Boston Public Radio! #mapoli #publicdefender youtu.be/IF89XpK49zA
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“This is sacred work. This is our hearts and souls caring for the people of this country, upholding the Constitution at a time when it is in greater peril than it ever has been,” I told @wbur.org about why bar advocates aren’t accepting new cases. #mapoli #publicdefender www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
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Public defender bar advocates rallied at the State House today for fair wages to ensure adequate representation. We want to go back to the work we love as soon as possible. #mapoli #publicdefender nbcboston.app.link/gTvh2cvEITb